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[quote=Anonymous]In our home, sports have never been a focus, but they can be rather expensive. 
The non-sporty kid did a smattering of rec league sports (swimming, field hockey). I don't think it was ever more than $500 per year total. She is more the academic type, so the flip side is that we invested time for her to go to a magnet school that is not very close to home. That meant a lot of time in the car. She is in college at this point and goes to the gym fairly regularly. 
The more athletic kid did competitive dance. All in it was probably 4-5k per year. That included multiple regular lessons for different types of dance, the competitive team class, competition fees, a semi-private here and there for duos, costumes, a few local competitions, and one travel (half-day driving distance away) competition. Probably the most expensive bit were the costumes for all the different dance styles for the recital at the end of the year. For competitions, one costume lasted per year per entry in the competitions. After an injury partially triggered by repetitive use, dance was over. She now is a fairly regular gym-goer. 
I think it is a long way of saying that we never went all in with sports and are glad to a degree that we didn't because DDs are active and healthy. I care soooo much more about that than something like being on a travel team. [/quote]

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